[NSP] Re: Holy/Holey Halfpenny

2010-02-15 Thread Anita Evans
and couldn't spell her name? Anita -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Gaelic Pronunciation - pedantry warning

2010-02-05 Thread Anita Evans
Matt Seattle wrote: It's all beyond me, I don't know my Erse from my Alba brilliant Matt - I (and the list) needed cheering up! Anita -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: bag shape

2010-01-29 Thread Anita Evans
, not one-offs. The dimensions I use are very similar to the above with perhaps a little extra length in the body. -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Mr. Bewick, Rats and Inverted Bags

2010-01-28 Thread Anita Evans
Steve Bliven wrote: This made the rounds awhile back but also shows the origins www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKdGO8OeaZI yes! thanks Steve, I had a dim memory of watching this but couldn't find it. I am both fascinated and appalled, but there's no escaping the truth... -- Anita Evans To get

[NSP] Re: the Guardian today....

2010-01-26 Thread Anita Evans
Malcolm Craven wrote: Hi, What is B A E tuning. Should it be A E A Or E B E? I am confused a bit. I don't think they'll threaten the domestic market just in case you think I've gone quite quite mad http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/23/cctv-sky-police-plan-drones Anita -- Anita Evans

[NSP] Re: The Power of Positive Thinking

2009-10-20 Thread Anita Evans
. The following points will, I hope, provide persuasive examples. It seems to me Francis that by calling someone a 'bagpipe' you have covered most of the insults known to man (woman) and saved yourself a great deal of effort I'm all for improvements in energy efficiency ;) -- Anita Evans

[NSP] Re: The Power of Positive Thinking

2009-10-20 Thread Anita Evans
dangle in public - it sets a bad example. What you do in private is up to you, but you may have to suffer the consequences... -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available

2009-08-13 Thread Anita Evans
smoothly with the lute (nsp) list then quoted-printable. Base64 may work, but sometimes it appears as a solid block of random letters. -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Northumbria Pipe Course 11-16 October - Places available

2009-08-13 Thread Anita Evans
Gibbons, John wrote: Makes a lot more sense than some stuff people have been sending lately! indeed -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: How the brain reads

2009-06-13 Thread Anita Evans
: 8.5.364 / Virus Database: 270.12.66/2172 - Release Date: 06/12/09 17:56:00 --===AVGMAIL-175F2D5D===-- was that a test? did I pass? -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: ear-learners vs note-learners

2009-06-10 Thread Anita Evans
to the subtleties of music, but I have a very very poor memory - it's a case of 'new tune in, old tune out' for me when I learn by ear :( -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: what do pipemakers do on their day off?

2009-05-27 Thread Anita Evans
Dave Shaw wrote: I noticed the following on you tube, [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoA3_MHwzZc Very entertaining. Spot the future pipe makers in these photos http://www.kingsmen.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?event=wadebridge1975 -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see

[NSP] Re: Colin Ross

2009-05-21 Thread Anita Evans
list, but it is still fraught with problems (including privacy settings) and we are sticking with newsletters via snail mail at least for now. Anyway Julia, if you find a solution I will be pleased to hear about it! -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http

[NSP] Re: I must be daft

2009-04-15 Thread Anita Evans
if they stopped their input. Lets try not to get too heated and personal eh. We can all benefit by counting to ten first then trying to be positive. Helen Here here! It's like observing a load of March (well, April) Hares in action. Get out there and play yer pipes! -- Anita Evans To get on or off

[NSP] Re: I must be daft

2009-04-15 Thread Anita Evans
Anita Evans wrote: Here here! or even, Hear Hear! ; -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: Choyting - possible source of word and Plaid

2008-08-25 Thread Anita Evans
Not wanting to be left out, here's my twopence worth.. could it be pronounced coyte, or quoit? Quoit (?), n. [OE. coite; cf. OF. coitier to spur, press, (assumed) LL. coctare, fr. L. coquere, coctum, to cook, burn, vex, harass, E. cook, also W. coete a quoit.] I particularly like the

[NSP] Re: Plumbing the depths, and further

2008-04-08 Thread Anita Evans
Chris Ormston wrote: Dear All, I recently received a card through the letterbox advertising Northumbria Pipes Plumbing Services. Do ye ken John pee'd? -- Anita To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] wedding

2007-07-09 Thread Anita Evans
Dear List, Is there anyone who would be willing and able to play NSP for a wedding in Perthshire on August 11th this year? -- Anita To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] rook ms

2007-04-29 Thread Anita Evans
thing so all the pages can be accessed from an index. Quite a mix of music, not all for pipes by any means, and much of it published elsewhere, but interesting all the same. Thanks to Ross Anderson for making it available online. -- Anita Evans To get on or off this list see list information

[NSP] Re: reed making

2007-04-09 Thread Anita Evans
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Richard, I was hoping you would come into the discussion. Anita's method is certainly different in the initial stage of tying the cane on to the staple but I think the main thing to be looked at is the rubbing down and final scrape of the cane. Yes, to clarify a